Charlotte, I'm sort of newish to Legacy so I don't know much but if it
just a visual thing you can choose not to display the number. Olwyn
From: ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RINs
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:41:16 +0100
Charlotte,
There is no point in renumbering all the RINs,
they are just numbers. They are useful in identifying a specific person and they
also provide the file name for Pedigree webpages. Otherwise they serve little
purpose.
Normally the start person, that is the person who
created the site has RIN 1 and this number is incremented by 1 as each new
person is added. I can see the point in fillings gaps which are normally created
by deleting a person or merging a (eg.) GEDCOM starting with much higher RINs,
but I would be interested to know what you wish to achieve by a complete
renumbering (if it could be done). Any such alleged system created would
be rendered useless as soon as a new person is added or someone is
deleted.
I repeat, a RIN is simply a number.
Ron Ferguson
www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Charlotte Box
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:11 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RINs
You've
hit the nail right on the head Kathy, thanks for that. Just seems logical that
way. I thought I understood what RINs are but I'm getting confused by the fields
which don't match what I want it to do. I will have a go with what everyone has
suggested and see what happens!
On 24 May 2011 19:35, Kathy Meyer <kmeyer2...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I understand about filling in the 'missing' RINs as you add
new people but I'm wondering if you can renumber the entire database.
Like tell it to start with me as number one and then renumber everything out
from there. I don't use the RINs for much but it seems to me that some
people who use them a lot might want to renumber from the beginning. Just
wondering....Kathy
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Sherry/Support
<she...@legacyfamilytree.com> wrote:
There are missing ones. There's a gap between your smaller
numbers and
the larger ones. Take a look at the Name List sorted by
RIN - click
on the # field. Then scroll down, looking at the
numbers.
The higher numbers will be moved down to fill in the blank
spaces.
You probably should also go to Options > Customize >
Data Defaults and
make sure "Reuse abandoned RINs" is selected. As you
add new
individuals, the "missing" RINs will be filled in.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family
Tree
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Charlotte
Box
<charlotte.e....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> The options are:
> Renumber current RIN..
>
Fill missing RINs..
> Fill all missing RINs..
>
> None are
missing but I want to reduce their size from 10 digits, is it not
>
possible to renumber them from 1-1500 then?
>
>
Thanks.
>
> On 24 May 2011 17:17, Sherry/Support <she...@legacyfamilytree.com>
wrote:
>>
>> In the Deluxe Edition, go to Tools > Renumber RINs
and select "Fill
>> all missing RINs.....". Do the same for
MRINs.
>>
>> In the Standard Edition, you need to export
to a new Family File -
>> File > Export to... Legacy file. In
the Legacy Export window, under
>> the section "Record Numbering",
select to "Fill all existing abandoned
>>
RINs/MRINs",
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
Sherry
>> Technical Support
>> Legacy Family Tree
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Kathy Meyer
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